Certified Pharmacy Tech II Varied Hours PRN
Certified Pharmacy Tech II Varied Hours PRN
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Overview
Job Title: Certified Pharmacy Technician II
We are Hiring at University Hospital
Location: 530 South Jackson St Louisville KY 40202
Shift Options: Varied Hours PRN
The Inpatient Certified Pharmacy Technician provides daily supportive services for the Department of Pharmacy according to hospital policies and procedures and in compliance with Kentucky pharmacy laws and other regulatory agencies. The technician actively supports and participates in the departments continuous quality improvement initiatives and competency assessments and demonstrates a commitment to customer service and patient safety. The technician responds to requests in a prompt and efficient manner.
Responsibilities
Major job responsibilities include: distributes medications including controlled substances to a secure place for storage or administration restocks automated dispensing cabinets (ADC) compounds sterile and nonsterile products communicates with hospital staff completes inspections and reports unsafe practices to leadership.
The following activities are components of the position necessary to support the major job responsibilities:
Provide supportive services to the inpatient pharmacy
Assists with filling processing and dispensing of medications by labeling medication including bulk supplies with proper ancillary labeling and bagging procedures with final check performed by a pharmacist
Answers phones according to established phone etiquette and triages calls to the proper personnel
Charges and/or credits patients for medications used via the computer system
Accurately and efficiently unit doses medications. This includes cleaning the compounding area restocking and replacing supplies documenting in the compounding record and ensuring doses are correctly labeled and prepared for pharmacist verification
Prepares medications for loading into the ADC and unloads medications from the ADC utilizing bar code scanning. Fills inventory requests for nursing units ADCs floor stock and fills patient specific drawers by placing the proper bins according to census profile.
Supports the drug inventory process including ordering rotation and restocking of drug dispensing areas with and supplies needed to process patient medications orders.
Ensures the maintenance of a clean and orderly work area including a sterile environment
Completes nursing unit and inventory inspections as assigned. Restocks kits and crash cart trays as required
Fills controlled substance orders reconciles all discrepancies and closes all loops on a daily basis
Monitors medication activity for potential drug diversion and reports any discrepancies to thepharmacist or pharmacy leadership
Delivers medications including controlled substances to nursing units ADC as scheduled and for emergent deliveries as necessary
Assists with ensuring medications are delivered efficiently and accurately to patient care unit areas. Includes checking the tube system with each delivery retrieving and transporting medications to the appropriate location.
Prepares and packages hazardous medications and adheres to all safety measures for handling hazardous medications described in USP 795/797/800
Utilizes aseptic technique following department policies and procedures when compounding sterile products
Serve as a mentor to new pharmacy technicians pharmacy technician students and pharmacy students
Provide guidance to certified pharmacy technicians and IPPE pharmacy student rotations as necessary
Precept pharmacy technician students
Execute hospital and pharmacy policies and procedures
Investigate and resolve automated dispensing cabinet related issues
Utilize Pharmogistics system and carousels to resolve drug distribution related issues
Cover assigned shifts as determined by departmental need
Facilitate investigational drug studies with assistance of the pharmacist and/or other personnel involved in the drug study
Complete sterile compounding training including hazardous medications and demonstrate competency on a frequency defined by the Sterile Compounding Supervisor
Complete extemporaneous compounding training including hazardous medications and demonstrate competency on a frequency defined by pharmacy leadership
Participate in orientation of new staff members
Contribute to the development of policies and procedures as requested by pharmacy leadership
Effective Communication Skills
Achieve and maintain satisfactory working relationships with pharmacy leadership pharmacy staff and other departments throughout the system
Attend departmental staff meetings
Relationships
Performs tasks under the supervision of all pharmacists and pharmacy leadership. Report to the Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor or Sterile Compounding Supervisor
Adheres to Pharmacy Services Agreement
Patient Population Served
The Pharmacy Department provides pharmaceutical care to neonatal/infant pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric populations.
Qualifications
Education / Accreditation / Licensure (required & preferred):
High School diploma or equivalent
Completion of a formal Pharmacy Technician educational program and/or an Associates degree or previous hospitalbased pharmacy technician experience preferred
Registered as a pharmacy technician with the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Current Board certification by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board; certification not required for second year students and/or licensed pharmacy interns.
Experience (required and preferred):
One year of pharmacy technician experience preferred.
Required: Sterile compounding trained and practicing continuously for > 1 year controlled substance trained (nonprimary role) OR trained as primary role prepacking as primary role pharmacy intern designation satellite tech as primary role proficiency in procurement utilizing wholesaler system(s) as determined by pharmacy site supervisor
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